Thomas Glasmacher

FRIB Project Manager

Thomas Glasmacher is the FRIB Project Manager. He has overall line management responsibility for carrying out the FRIB Project, including the design, construction and transition to operations of FRIB and to ensure all project scope is delivered in a safe, cost-efficient, and environmentally responsible manner.

After earning M.S. (1990) and Ph.D. (1992) degrees in low-energy experimental nuclear physics from Florida State University, Glasmacher joined NSCL in 1992 as an NSCL Fellow and performed research in intermediate energy nuclear physics. In 1995 he joined the MSU faculty in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and NSCL, where he is now a University Distinguished Professor. His research focused on exploring the structure of rare isotopes with new experimental techniques involving gamma-rays. This work was recognized in 2006 with the Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences.

From 2003-2009 Glasmacher was the Associate Director for Operations at NSCL, where he managed NSCL's $15 million annual operating budget and 140 employees.

Glasmacher was a member of the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee from 2004-2007, is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and is a Stanford Certified Project Manager (SCPM) as well as a Project Management Professional (PMP).